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Audi and AT&T Unveil 4G LTE for 2015 A3 Sedans

At a press event last night during CES, AT&T and Audi announced 4G LTE connectivity for cars. Stating that LTE will be available in the 2015 A3 sedans, car buyers can simply attach their vehicle to a current Mobile Share data plan through AT&T, making it easy to manage all of the data that is streamed to your whip.

Audi is teaming up with AT&T to build of a suite of software which should take advantage of the new mobile connectivity, such as a better infotainment system and apps like Facebook, Twitter, personalized RSS news feeds, and lots more. To top it off, the car will act as its own WiFi hotspot, allowing passengers to connect to the data and stream whatever content they would like.

The new Audi connect 4G LTE service will allow faster Google Earth™ and Google Street View enhancements to Audi MMI navigation plus. The 4G LTE connectivity will also provide faster downloads and high-definition video streaming for up to eight devices used by passengers over the in-vehicle Wi-Fi hotspot.

While drivers are more distracted on the road than ever before, we hope Audi and AT&T are thinking a lot of about safety. We wouldn’t want anyone crashing a new Audi because they were busy tweeting from their dashboard.

Audi commented that as time passes and more car models are released, 4G LTE will become a regular option for buyers.

Google Street View will be so fast I don’t need to look out my windshield anymore 🙂

fauxshizzl

Now when you buy a car you phone bill goes up too. Sweet. Once iOS and Android invade cars I will have to either deal with a mobile OS running my car
(HUGE no thanks), or buy a different car other than the one I really want to not deal with that. Insane it is illegal to use your phone in the car, so they just build a tablet into the dash.

Clearly an anti-net neutrality drone. AT&T must be stopped at any cost at this point for the future of the internet.

Ian

I’m actually pro-net neutrality. Thx.

Bob

Yay – a way to fleece more money from the customer. AT&T is taking notes from VZW.

BMW already includes cell service (3g I think) in many of their vehicles and you can do online searchs via google. All of this at no additional cost. I use my phone for everything else that requires 4G.

jack584

Why must they keep using AT&T for LTE in cars…? When I’m driving around to remote places I want LTE coverage. I know most of us don’t like Verizon, but they are king in terms of LTE coverage.

Cael

Are Verizon and T-Mobile not trying to establish car deals? I could care less about Sprint, tbh.
Uncarrier 5.0 T-Mobile…get on it.

Abgar Musayelyan

uncarier?

Intellectua1

T-Mobile in a car would be horrible..

Tim242

You like EDGE that much?

Cael

No I like Verizon that much. I have no service complaints where I’m at.

Mike

Why can’t the auto makers just have a USB or SIM port that allows you to plug in your own from your current carrier.

Maxim∑

because that makes way to much sense

Kevin

*too. 😀

W. Paul Schenck

Make it even easier. Just make a connection to plug in your phone and use the data from there.

Mitchman

Why not use phone hotspot and plug phone into car charger (if necessary)?

Adrynalyne

This would assume your car electronics have wifi connectivity.

Mitchman

Wouldn’t be that hard to implement wifi connectivity?

Adrynalyne

Why not go a small step further and just add a cellular modem? That is what they did, of course. Now those who use feature phones don’t need a smartphone for their car.

Ian

Do you really want to take your SIM card out each time your enter/exit your car?

Mike

It’s called a 2nd SIM card… Do you swap out your SIMs if your wife or brother want to use their phone?

Ian

You pay access for each SIM and since you alluded to plugging in your own from your current carrier I assumed you were referring to a SIM you already paid access for such as the one in your phone. It appears you actually meant “why can’t I choose what carrier services my car?” In which case it comes down to the same thing as phones, what antennas and frequencies does it service. Plus its obvious like with phones that there are exclusivity deals going on between manufacturers and carriers.

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